You probably know about Ebay auctions and car auctions and livestock auctions--but another type of auction takes place nearly every weekend throughout the summer, and their existence usually comes as a shock to animal lovers. They're similar to livestock

A woman who pleaded guilty to stabbing her ex-husband's dog 27 times was to receive to six months in jail and 10 years probation under a plea deal.
Joanne Lee Hinojosa, 33, took the deal Tuesday in the 2006 stabbing of Marti, a 20-pound (9-kilogram)

A 1-year-old Jack Russell terrier was dropped off at a North Valley animal hospital on Monday with injuries consisent with sexual assault.
According to detectivies from the Maricopa County Sheriff's office, the male dog had injuries normally associated

One dog, Paris, had it's paw snapped in a Fenn trap set for shorebird predators.
"It was set under a small tree on a horse track about 60 metres from the beach at the Mangawhai end where people not only ride their horses and take their dogs, but some

'A starving, sick street dog was as part of an exposition in Managua, Nicaragua, in August. Guillermo %u201CHabacuc%u201D Vargas allegedly found the dog tied up on a street corner in a poor Nicaragua barrio and brought it to the showing.He tied the dog in

America has no tolerance for dogfighting, then why are Republican U.S. Reps. Lynn Westmoreland and Jack Kingston of Georgia were among about three dozen lawmakers who recently sided with dogfighting interests. Theyagainst legislation to upgrade penalties

'I remain unconvinced that prison time is appropriate' Vick should be punished for breaking the law. For having a bazillion dollars and getting mixed up in some back-country shenanigans, he should be whacked upside the head. However, I remain

The Atlanta Humane Society has been receiving a lot of donations from across the nation in the past few weeks.
No, it's not money, but it's something they definitely have been getting a lot of use out of. They have been receiving Michael Vick jerseys

THE man responsible for one of Britain's worst cruelty cases is facing another jail term after ignoring a lifetime ban on keeping animals and causing unnecessary suffering to his dogs.
Lee Howard was jailed for six months last year after leaving more

A recent poll taken last week on the DogCatRadio.com website shows 72% of pet owners feel Mike Vick, if convicted, should get the death penalty as punishment. 18% feel he should get the maximum jail time allowed, 8% think he should get at least some jail

Dogs Deserve Better is trying to gather more information on the dead dog that was dumped, still attached to its doghouse, on Gallagher Road in Coolbaugh Township on Friday, upsetting the entire neighborhood along the country road.
The young, chocolate

A 19-year-old man is in the Pinellas County Jail after his grandparents say he sodomized and severely injured their small dog, and threw it into a dumpster.
Deputies say 19-year-old Nicholas Densmore's grandparents called police after making a horrify

VIDEO-His name is Cyrus and he's lucky to be alive. But he faces a long road back and he may never be what he was before Tuesday. He's the three-year-old Rottweiler who was found locked in his owner's SUV in a parking lot near King and Jameson. The pet

A High Springs woman was sentenced to a year in prison Wednesday on charges of animal cruelty, the State Attorney's Office reported.
Circuit Judge Phyllis Rosier ordered Twyla George, 33, to serve a year and a day in prison followed by four years

Vick defines a soulless culture, callous and indifferent toward living things, human or animal. We read of the treatment of the fighting dogs and we are sickened. The dogs who won't fight or who lose are killed in particularly heinous ways to satisfy